Ballinode Community Centre — Bellanode

The saved account records: Detached four-bay single-storey hall, built c.1930, having single-storey flat-roofed extension to east and rear (south) elevations and corrugated-iron lean-to roofed addition to rear.

The saved account records: Pitched corrugated-iron roof with cast-iron rainwater goods, timber bargeboards and pointed finials gable.

The saved account records: Corrugated-iron sheeted walls on rubble stone plinth.

The saved account records: Rendered ceiling walls to interior, timber surrounds to doors, windows, dado rail, timber floor.

Ballinode Community Centre — Bellanode matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This modest building displays an interesting use of corrugated iron which, along with timber bargeboards and finials, creates a pleasing effect. Corrugated iron began to be used extensively from the late nineteenth century, due to its flexibility, inexpensiveness, and ease of transport and assembly. It was employed for many public buildings, including halls such as this, railway stations and even churches, particularly in rural areas. Purpose-built as a community facility, this building is of considerable social and practical importance in the locality. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.